Am Sonntag, 28. März 2004 18:40 schrieb Alexis Huxley: > > I'm asking myself what the impacts of this are? Will Debian lose a lot > > of users since the current stable release contains software which is > > somtimes terrible old? What are the reasons for sarge taking so long to > > become stable? Were there any such release problems with the previous > > releases of Debian? Is it desirable for me to keep at Debian if I don't > > get a relatively current system? > > Commercial impetus to get the next release on the shelves ASAP is > *never* a consideration with Debian. Consequently, when a release > does come, it has had more time to be tested and will be more free > of bugs than other distributions. > > Sure, there *are* large gaps between releases, but it's swings and > roundabouts: given the choose between support for the newest software > and hardware, or stability and fewer bugs, then I choose for myself > (and would choose for my company given the chance), Debian precisely > for these reasons.
Were the gaps between releases ever so large as the gap between woody and sarge? > Alexis Wolfgang